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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 24, 2000Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2000, 6:57 PM CST for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2000, 6:57 PM CST (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2000, 7:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Meade County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 7:00 PM CSTHail 1.25Meade, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 250059
SVRDDC
KSC119-250145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
657 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 657 PM CST...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTH AT
  40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MEADE STATE PARK BY 710 PM CST
  MEADE BY 715 PM 
  MISSLER BY 720 PM 
  
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR

AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHILE
LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.
$$
LAT...LON 3705 10057 3703 10016 3743 10015 3746 10057

REITER

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray49 min
Feb 24, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark43 min
Feb 24, 9:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards39 min
Feb 24, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa45 min
Feb 24, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche50 min
Feb 24, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt65 min
Feb 24, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche65 min
Feb 24, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt50 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.